Cisco IOS XR Address Resolution Protocol Broadcast Storm Vulnerability

7.4 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) implementation of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger a broadcast storm, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device.  This vulnerability is due to how Cisco IOS XR Software processes a high, sustained rate of ARP traffic hitting the management interface. Under certain conditions, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an excessive amount of traffic to the management interface of an affected device, overwhelming its ARP processing capabilities. A successful exploit could result in degraded device performance, loss of management connectivity, and complete unresponsiveness of the system, leading to a DoS condition.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-iosxr-arp-storm-EjUU55yM

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Affected Vendor

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Affected Software

Cisco IOS XR Software

Vulnerable Versions:

6.5.3, 6.5.29, 6.5.1, 6.6.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.92, 6.5.15, 6.6.2, 7.0.1, 6.6.25, 6.5.26, 6.6.11, 6.5.25, 6.5.28, 6.5.93, 6.6.12, 6.5.90, 7.0.0, 7.1.1, 7.0.90, 6.6.3, 6.7.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.15, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.1.2, 6.7.2, 7.0.11, 7.0.12, 7.0.14, 7.1.25, 6.6.4, 7.2.12, 7.3.1, 7.1.3, 6.7.3, 7.4.1, 7.2.2, 6.7.4, 6.5.31, 7.3.15, 7.3.16, 6.8.1, 7.4.15, 6.5.32, 7.3.2, 7.5.1, 7.4.16, 7.3.27, 7.6.1, 7.5.2, 7.8.1, 7.6.15, 7.5.12, 7.8.12, 7.3.3, 7.7.1, 6.8.2, 7.3.4, 7.4.2, 6.7.35, 6.9.1, 7.6.2, 7.5.3, 7.7.2, 6.9.2, 7.9.1, 7.10.1, 7.8.2, 7.5.4, 6.5.33, 7.8.22, 7.7.21, 7.9.2, 7.3.5, 7.5.5, 7.11.1, 7.9.21, 7.10.2, 24.1.1, 7.6.3, 7.3.6, 7.5.52, 7.11.2, 24.2.1, 24.1.2, 24.2.11, 24.3.1, 24.4.1, 24.2.2, 7.8.23, 7.11.21, 24.2.20, 24.3.2, 24.4.10, 6.5.35, 25.1.1, 24.4.2, 24.3.20, 24.4.15, 6.5.351, 24.3.30, 6.5.352, 24.4.30